The Brown and White Family History
Mark Anthony Brown and Olive Rebecca White Brown, both
were born and reared in Lauderdale County, MS. They married in 1872 in Lauderdale
County, MS, where all of their children were born. Pictures exist of them.
M. A. Brown's parents were John Wesley Brown(1811 -1901), and Eliza Davison/Davidson
Brown (1822-1895). Pictures exist of John and Eliza. They married in
Monroe County, ALA in 1838. Serving Civil War: PVT John Brown Co"K
13 MS INF Conf. States Army. John Brown was an ordained minister at
Primitive Baptist later called Gumlog Baptist Church, which is still
located in Bailey, Lauderdale County, MS. They are both buried
there with many family members. John Brown was born at Fort Mims, Alabama
during the Creek Indian War. John and Eliza migrated to Lauderdale
County with their siblings and established themselves in Mississippi
. Many Brown and related families still reside in Lauderdale County,
MS. John and Eliza had 8 children: First four children : William B., Sinai,
George Washington, James Monroe, were born in Monroe County, Ala, the remaining
born inLauderdale County,MS.; Hester Jane, John Lafayette, Mark Anthony,
Ann Mariah, Robert Cornelius, Elizabeth, Susan Catherine. John and
Eliza believed in education and educated their children to the best of their
ability.
Mark Brown and Olive (Ollie) White Brown traveled by wagon train
to Yazoo County, MS. They moved in 1893 to Dover area, and then to
Short Creek Community, where he purchased land and farmed. This is where
he was elected Constable 1st District in 1874 in Yazoo County, MS,
They had 11 children, Alma Idonia, Carrie Estelle, Cora Lee, Annie Mae, Minnie
E., Charles Cornelius, Benjamin Franklin, George Edward, Henry Preston, Thomas
Jefferson, Johnny Walter all born in Lauderdale County, MS. With their very
religious background, they were devoted to Short Creek Baptist Church. They
were friends of the Lammons , and other established families of Yazoo County.
One of their daughters ( Cora Lee) married into the Lammons family that donated
the land for the Short Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Yazoo County, MS.
In 1911, he was elected as Mississippi's First Land Commissioner. He
also formed the first Farmer's Union in the South. He worked many hours at
the Capitol, and had a second home in Jackson, MS, the Capitol of Mississippi.
In 1916, he was re-elected for his second term. He died in 1921 while still
in office, in the home of Cora Lee Brown Lammons, Yazoo County, MS. Olive
Rebecca White Brown was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother and died
in the home of her daughter, Carrie Estelle Brown Jones, Yazoo County, MS.
Olive Rebecca White Brown was the daughter of James Wesley White ( 1811-1877)
and Elizabeth Emily Pearce/Pierce(1819-1896) They were married in MS
in 1840 Lauderdale County, MS. They had 8 children; Mary Anne, John James,
James knox Polk,Eliza Ann, Margaret J., Green Berry, Elizabeth Francis, Olive
Rebecca, Martha Sarah. Many White related families still live in MS.
James Wesley White donated land for the Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church
and Cemetery. The Church, still exists and is active. At one time the Church
obtained its water from the 'White Springs' from the J.W. White's homestead
land.
Resources:
1. First Hundred Years of Pine Springs Community, Lauderdale County, MS by
Mary Ellen White
2. Department of Archives, Jackson, MS ( census records, marriage license,
land deeds, books on Political figures of MS)
3. Church records from Gumlog Baptist Church, Lauderdale County, MS
4. Many White and Brown and related families members
For further information they may contact [email protected]
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